“I find it so frustrating that female musicians are constantly defined by the men they have or haven’t dated. “It’s something I’ve talked about with Taylor a lot. She definitely feels that. She gets bothered by it. It’s like, you can be a great artist, you can write great songs, but the thing that everyone is going to talk about is some relationship they think you have had or not had. It’s definitely something we both think happens to female artists over male artists.”

Ellie in Elle magazine

Thankfully Ed admitted he was over the woman in the song ‘Don’t’ after he penned the lyrics, saying “I got over the anger the moment I wrote the song”.

She admitted he had been a long term crush before they began dating last year, and she thinks they will get married.

Opening up about Dougie, Ellie said: “He is definitely the one forever. He’s been through a lot, and he has a quiet depth that I love.

“And you know what, when I was a teenager, I fancied him but I thought he was so out of my league. Way too good-looking for me. Calvin Harris has already offered to play at our wedding. Not that we’ve organized one. But the offer has been made.”

* The full interview appears in the July issue of ELLE on sale Thursday June 4.